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the u.s. to reassess its strategies, not only to north korea, but to a china. i will leave it there for now. >> thank you. hello? >> [inaudible] >> first, a brief word about china. i tend towards joe's view about china's real motives and attitudes towards the north korean nuclear and missile programs. when i read in institute for science and national security report and knocked over 2010, david albright organization about the north korean trading company operating for nearly a decade in the business district in beijing, operating to bring to north korea components and technology for the uranium enrichment program, i begin to doubt that china really saw a major stake in limiting the north korean nuclear program, frankly. and i've become rather cynical about it, especially the chinese military and chinese international liaison department of becoming his party, and what their real views and policies are. now, that being said, we do know that there are other voices in china that don't like this ch
the u.s. to reassess its strategies, not only to north korea, but to a china. i will leave it there for now. >> thank you. hello? >> [inaudible] >> first, a brief word about china. i tend towards joe's view about china's real motives and attitudes towards the north korean nuclear and missile programs. when i read in institute for science and national security report and knocked over 2010, david albright organization about the north korean trading company operating for nearly a...
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i believe only for hostile u.s. deaths compared to around 60 or so this time last year. >> it really is these tori of tremendous progress and that the longer story than i have to tell from this podium today. but if in part what steps american and isaf partners have done to orient this very effective campaign in the right direction. it is also at the afghans are doing themselves to orient their own campaign and what we are doing together in afghanistan. we see major muscle movements on all three tracks. i think if you had the progress, bearing in mind there were still challenges out there that we are not discounting challenges that remain in the midst of a war come to the overall trend lines are positive. >> is it not at all about moving -- >> all i you and follow a tiered >> thank you it isn't not pulling from certain areas, but in most of the u.s. space on a lot of the site? is not about the trend at all? >> well, i think this will revert to try to achieve all along, and that is to make this war effort over time mo
i believe only for hostile u.s. deaths compared to around 60 or so this time last year. >> it really is these tori of tremendous progress and that the longer story than i have to tell from this podium today. but if in part what steps american and isaf partners have done to orient this very effective campaign in the right direction. it is also at the afghans are doing themselves to orient their own campaign and what we are doing together in afghanistan. we see major muscle movements on all...
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it wasn't the u.s. dropping 30,000 troops in. it was working with the population and we will have to do the same thing with molly and algeria and chad and beauchere because there is a real threat with al qaeda. his comfortable hanging out in mali and afghanistan and pakistan and attacks against western targets so we have to build a coalition to stop them from doing that. >> host: are you satisfied with the french taking the lead at this point and the level of support they are offering? >> guest: i'm satisfied with with the french offering the lead pair we are not offering as much support as we need to but i don't think that's because we haven't made the right choice. it's because we haven't built relationships and we have to build capacity. three or four years ago we were concerned about what was going on. it's aqim that has been active there for a while as an offshoot of the terrorism group in algeria. but at the time we had very few assets in the region to monitor what was going on because we were in iraq and afghanistan and ge
it wasn't the u.s. dropping 30,000 troops in. it was working with the population and we will have to do the same thing with molly and algeria and chad and beauchere because there is a real threat with al qaeda. his comfortable hanging out in mali and afghanistan and pakistan and attacks against western targets so we have to build a coalition to stop them from doing that. >> host: are you satisfied with the french taking the lead at this point and the level of support they are offering?...
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make no mistake the u.s. military will take all necessary steps to meet the security commitments in the republic of korea and the regional allies. i was pleased yesterday that the u.n. security council condemned north korea's actions. this is a strong first step as we work to increase the pressure on the regime with a new sanctions and new steps we hope to take with regards to the presence in that area. turtlenecks to the state of the union address i was pleased that the president made it clear that looming budgetary cuts could jeopardize the military readiness. and as you know my deputy and the joint chiefs of staff had been on the hill this week making a very strong case for why we need to resolve the second self-inflicted crisis. i would again strongly urge the congress to heed these warnings. and as i have said last week, this isn't a game, this is reality. the fact is even as i speak, people are being hurt. people are being hurt by the budget uncertainty that this country is now living under. there are s
make no mistake the u.s. military will take all necessary steps to meet the security commitments in the republic of korea and the regional allies. i was pleased yesterday that the u.n. security council condemned north korea's actions. this is a strong first step as we work to increase the pressure on the regime with a new sanctions and new steps we hope to take with regards to the presence in that area. turtlenecks to the state of the union address i was pleased that the president made it clear...
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with the u.s. in the unbreakable is week we're featuring some of booktv's we can programs on prime time here on c-span2. tonight former iraq and afghanistan general begins at 8 p.m. eastern with stanley mcchrystal and then fred kaplan, david petraeus, also jeffrey engel discusses a collection of essays on the goal for. >> the economy is at china basin is communism in name only these days. it's to preserve the power of the members of the communist party. but they basically threw most of the ideology aside when deng xiaoping opened the country up and is now a capitalist haven. the communism in china, they talk the talk at great length of these party congresses about marxism, leninism, to do. it's all about preserving the party power economic as a country continues to grow because they threw aside the most vestiges of common is alongside the in north korea it's all about preserving the power of the military and the kim dynasty as you have there. and again, it really has nothing to do with i think what
with the u.s. in the unbreakable is week we're featuring some of booktv's we can programs on prime time here on c-span2. tonight former iraq and afghanistan general begins at 8 p.m. eastern with stanley mcchrystal and then fred kaplan, david petraeus, also jeffrey engel discusses a collection of essays on the goal for. >> the economy is at china basin is communism in name only these days. it's to preserve the power of the members of the communist party. but they basically threw most of...
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since then, u.s. trade with canada has nearly tripled and u.s. trade with mexico has increased almost sixfold. my hope is that the president will ultimately show the kind of leadership that we've seen throughout this nation's history when we are confronted with big challenges. he has acknowledged the need for serious reform. i believe he understands the problem perfectly, that we can't preserve and protect social security and medicare unless we deal with those programs now, yet he has never acted on his words, instead choosing to engage in the perpetual campaign. as a result, washington keeps spending money it doesn't have and saddling our children with more debt. meanwhile, our safety net programs are spiraling toward a collapse that would leave the poor and the elderly even more vulnerable. it's time for a change and it's time for the president to take his rhetoric about debt reduction and turn it into real meaningful reform. mr. president, i yield the floor and i would -- a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsy
since then, u.s. trade with canada has nearly tripled and u.s. trade with mexico has increased almost sixfold. my hope is that the president will ultimately show the kind of leadership that we've seen throughout this nation's history when we are confronted with big challenges. he has acknowledged the need for serious reform. i believe he understands the problem perfectly, that we can't preserve and protect social security and medicare unless we deal with those programs now, yet he has never...
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u.s. territory because of this coming capability, i think china is going to say that's unacceptable. i'm hopeful. but at the end of the day as i say, the united states can't sit there waiting just for china. we have to work with our allies on a comprehensive strategy, again trying to let the region know that we want to be that important security guarantor. we also want to be a major trader, an investor to the region and with asia-pacific. and for the stability and the trade and investment, for prosperity and liberty to take root in this century, in a dynamic century with a rising asia pacific, it's going to have to take greater stability than north korea is right now letting it have. so with those initial comment, i'll turn it back to our chairman. >> well, thank you, patrick. as always, very comprehensive argument. now, the floor is open. before we open the floor -- [inaudible] >> i want to pick up on patrick's point, and elaborate on what i see as the elephant in the room, which is china
u.s. territory because of this coming capability, i think china is going to say that's unacceptable. i'm hopeful. but at the end of the day as i say, the united states can't sit there waiting just for china. we have to work with our allies on a comprehensive strategy, again trying to let the region know that we want to be that important security guarantor. we also want to be a major trader, an investor to the region and with asia-pacific. and for the stability and the trade and investment, for...